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The free updates for life can not be over-emphasized.
Image-Lines "Fruity Loops" is not my favorite DAW for writing a tune from start to finish. I prefer a more intuitive left to right thing compared to FL's idea of building sections, and then arranging the sections. . BUT... Straight out of the box it sounds better than any other DAW i have ever used. I don't know what their secret sauce is, but it works. And in every other respect (other than the one gripe i started with), Fruity Loops is by far the most fun, most intuitive, and just damn BEST DAW i have ever tried. Not only that, but the newer versions now work seamlessly in Linux (distro AV-MX 21.1) with little or no tweaking needed. And on top of that, Fruity Loops can also be used as a plug-in inside other DAWs too. So, best of both worlds then. . If only they could sort out the arrangement screens to make it more conventional, then i wouldn't need any other DAW ever. And even if they don't, when using FL to sequence my hardware, then pattern based is exactly what you want anyway. . But most of all, the free updates for life will save you THOUSANDS of pounds, over just a few years. Many rival DAWs not only expect you to spend hundreds of pounds on updates every couple of years, but some also want as much as £20 a month subscription on top of that to accesses their better features! . And yes, i know that there are DAWs that are free, or almost free. But not one of them i have tried is even 1% as much fun, or sounds as good, as Fruity Loops. Just use something else (Ableton, Reaper, Ardour, whatever) to arrange the results if you need to. .